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   > On Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 4:42:25 PM UTC-7, FRAJM wrote:   
   >> "George Shelps"  wrote in message   
   >> news:11903-40...@storefull-3318.bay.webtv.net...   
   >> > norma...@sbcglobal.net (Norma Bates) wrote:   
   >> >> Irene Dunne was indeed a singer. An   
   >> >> excellent one. In fact, she was one of the   
   >> >> most astonishing actresses of all time. I   
   >> >> cannot think of another with her   
   >> >> incredible range of performances.   
   >> > Quite true! But Dunne was a Republican'   
   >> > activist (she retired to go to work for   
   >> > the Eisenhower Administration) and   
   >> > so she tends to be ignored by movie   
   >> > historians. Same for Robert Montgomery, another   
   >> > under-appreciated versatile performer.   
   >> Piffle.   
   >> Dunne's best films were frequently suppressed by the studio in the face of   
   >> remakes, a formerly common practice. For example _Cimmaron_, _Magnificent   
   >> Obsession_ and _Roberta_ disappeared after their original releases. Of   
   >> course, the latter film was largely stolen by Fred and Ginger. Likewise,   
   >> _Showboat_ was withdrawn when it was remade. _Theodora Goes Wild_ never made   
   >> it to TV until the 70s. She got five Oscar nominations but no Oscar and no   
   >> life-time-achievement Oscar either, which is further evidence of the whimsy   
   >> of AMPAS. She retired from the films when she felt it was time to go.   
   >> Thereafter, she confined herself to politics, philanthropy, TV guest shots,   
   >> and the board of Technicolor. Her fame was revived in the 70s by the AFI and   
   >> the LA County Art Museum. Late in life she was accorded the Kennedy Center   
   >> Honors.   
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   > (Youtube upload):   
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   > Kennedy Center honors 1985 Tribute to Irene Dunne   
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